2017 February PASO Magazine

What’s happening in Templeton this month
By Heather Young
ROUND TOWN
Navigating Motherhood
Every Thursday, Twin Cities
Community Hospital hosts a free
Navigating Motherhood for new
moms in the third floor waiting
room of the Templeton hospital.
This support group is facilitated by a
licensed clinical social worker. Topics
include teaching positive coping
skills and strategies for successfully
overcoming the new challenges of
motherhood. Understanding the
risk factors and symptoms of postpartum
depression will also be addressed.
Babies and support persons
are welcome.
Navigating Fatherhood
Twin Cities Community Hospital
hosts a class for new fathers in the
third floor waiting room on the first
Saturday of each month. This support
group brings together new dads to
share experiences and ask questions.
Bring the baby and give mom a morning
to herself. This class is free.
BINGO
Templeton Lions Club holds
BINGO night every Monday at the
Templeton American Legion Hall at
805 S. Main St. from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Baby Care and
Breastfeeding class
This series of three classes at Twin
Cities Community Hospital covers
breastfeeding, baby care and safety.
Participants will receive practical
information for a successful and rewarding
breastfeeding experience,
including: what to expect during the
hospital stay, tips for ensuring a positive
breastfeeding experience for mom
and baby and assuring an adequate
milk supply. Partners are encouraged
to attend. These classes are free and
are held in the Founders’ Pavilion on
the first Monday of the month at 6:30
p.m. Pre-registration is required by
going to www.twincitieshospital.com/
about-us/classes-events.
THS fundraiser dinner
Templeton High School Drama
Boosters will present “A West Side
Valentine” fundraiser dinner on Saturday,
Feb. 11 at Templeton American
Legion Hall at 805 S. Main St. Cast
and crew will perform previews of
the upcoming show “West Side Story.”
It will include dinner, silent and
live auctions and entertainment. For
more information, call 591-4770 or go
to www.templetondrama.org.
Coffee with a CHP
California Highway Patrol’s
Templeton office hosts Coffee with
a CHP the second Tuesday of each
month at Nature’s Touch Nursery &
Harvest, 225 Main St. in Templeton,
at 8:30 a.m. The monthly coffee event
gives locals the opportunity to interact
with local law enforcement personnel
on a more personal level.
February Women in Business
Templeton Chamber of Commerce’s
Women in Business meets
the second Tuesday of the month at
11:30 a.m. on Feb. 14 at Templeton
Community Center, 601 S. Main St.
The cost is $25 for chamber members
and $30 for non-members. To RSVP,
call 434-1789 or email info@templetonchamber.com
by the Thursday at
5 p.m. before the luncheon.
Understanding Hip & Knee
Replacement
Twin Cities Community Hospital
in Templeton hosts a free class to understanding
hip and knee replacement
the second Wednesday of each month
at 4 p.m. in the Founders Pavilion.
The pre-operative class helps educate
patients and their families about hip
and knee replacement surgery and recovery.
Pre-registration is required by
going to www.twincitieshospital.com/
about-us/classes-events.
February After Five Mixer
The Templeton Chamber of
Commerce will host its monthly
After Five Mixer on Thursday, Feb.
23 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. For more
information, contact Gail Kudlac
at info@templetonchamber.com or
434-1789.
SLOFolks Concert: Rob & Trey
SLOFolks will present Rob &
Trey at Castoro Cellars on Saturday,
Feb. 11. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
and the show will start at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $20 each and seating will
be provided for the show. For more
information, go to www.slofolks.org/
events.
PERSPECTIVE from page 34
After all is said and done, the utility
has until 2025 to wind down operations.
Does that mean PG&E will
continue to pay annual taxes at Diablo
Canyon Nuclear power plant? We’ll
find out.
Raise Refused: County supervisors
make over $96,000 a year, and
while that isn’t enough to afford
the median-priced home here, it is
nearly twice as much as the county’s
median income. So, the board magnanimously
turned down two 3.5%
raises over the next couple of years.
Now before you get all weepy
and praisy toward the county’s top
five officials, note the vote was
only 3-2 against; Bruce Gibson and
Adam Hill were perfectly fine with
getting another couple of hundred
bucks a month. Their argument was
that the county auditor- controller
and the sheriff both got raises; why
shouldn’t they?
If you think that sounds like siblings
arguing over their allowances,
you’re probably not alone.
A public outcry was heard in 2016
over a winery’s decision to clear cut
land for vineyard expansion. The
uproar hit when Justin Vineyards
shaved clean a couple of ridges and
a ravine near Templeton, driving an
emergency ordinance that makes it
Grandparenting 101
Twin Cities Community Hospital
in Templeton will host a free Grandparenting
101 class on Feb. 22 at 6:30
p.m. in the Founders Pavilion. This class
will include how best to support participants’
children as they navigate the journey
to becoming parents. The class is
about 2.5 hours in length and includes
basic friends and family (non-certified)
instruction on infant CPR and choking.
Pre-registration is required by going to
www.twincitieshospital.com/about-us/
classes-events.
illegal to cut down native trees, including
oaks, bay laurels, grey pines
and sycamores.
The rule wasn’t intended to be
permanent. Expiring in late April, the
urgency ordinance gives the county
less than 120 days to hammer out a
permanent ordinance. The first draft
of that ordinance broke cover in late
December.
County senior planner Jay Johnson
unveiled it at a meeting of
TAAG, the Templeton area advisory
group, saying the ordinance would
only affect projects larger than an
acre, on steeper hillsides. Here are
some highlights from the draft Oak
Woodland Management Plan:
• Non residential property oak removals
of more than an acre in size
are strictly prohibited on hillsides
steeper than 30 degrees.
• Non residential property development
oak removal on slopes less than
30 degrees would require a minor use
permit and an environmental study.
The draft plan only protects oaks,
down from a larger number of native
trees, and that didn’t sit well with
TAAG members. More meetings will
take place, so there is still plenty of
time for citizens to weigh in on the
woodland management plan.
Unless the snow keeps folks at
home.
36 PASO Magazine, February 2017